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So because something could be in the majority that makes it ok to think that way - or should I say express those thoughts in the public domain.
Am I a bad person?
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So because something could be in the majority that makes it ok to think that way - or should I say express those thoughts in the public domain.
Alex1975
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I would love to be a fly on the wall when you leave the room......
Tashyboy
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As odd as it may sound, one of me Bessie mates at the pit was a mixed race jamacian guy. He was gay. He got some real " pit banter" stick for being black and gay. But he gave out as much as he got.
However and this is my point, which is a point that he raised. It's not the words that are said, but how the words are said. He said some people said things/words with real venom and hatred, others said the same things/words but he knew they meant no harm.
Alex1975
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Ye.... but let's move forwards and not say them at all, then yall might even stop thinking them....
oxymoron
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I am in my 50's and was brought up in an era when homosexuality was " frowned " upon but i have gotten past any negative social conditioning (?) if thats the right way to look at it . I have grandkids and i have more of a problem with the amount of gratuitous sex and violence on TV these days than with 2 gay men kissing , but as long as it is portrayed as a loving , mutual relationship i have absolutely no problem .
I hope this has come over as i mean it to i do not seek to insult any one.
I hope this has come over as i mean it to i do not seek to insult any one.
Tashyboy
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I think it was more a "pit thing" than anything else, 500 plus men working in harsh conditions, you had to be thick skinned at times with some of the things that were said. Not just your sexuality but with most things. It was an environment that would not and is not tolerated outside of the mining industry.
ManinBlack
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Don't think I have ever made personally any comment that could be construed as racist to a black or Asian person. I was talking about other people's comments.
ManinBlack
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I think that sometimes offense is taken too easily. For example the Australian joke that you know when a plane on the runway is full of English people because when the engines stop the whining continues. Should I be offended by this racist slur? Doon from Troon won't be, he's Scottish &, as everyone knows, a Scot is just a Geordie with his brains bashed out.
I think you can apply that to a lot of all male or all female environments. The manner of chatter would not be repeated outside of that environment. Saying that, times have changed and even in those environments what would have been acceptable 10-20-30 years ago would not be now. People have to accept that and move on. You can't change the past, the banter, the chatter etc but times are different now, even in those types of situations.